ILLINOIS STATE POLICE ARRESTS SPRINGFIELD MAN FOR AGGRAVATED DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 9, 2024
September 9, 2024
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois State Police (ISP) announces the arrest of 50-year-old Michael A. Egan of Springfield, Illinois, for Aggravated Driving Under the Influence Causing Great Bodily Harm (Class 4 Felony).
On September 5, 2024, at approximately 10:02 p.m., ISP was requested by the Springfield Police Department to conduct a traffic crash investigation in the 400 block of East Lake Shore Drive in Springfield. The preliminary investigation revealed that a 2018 Toyota, driven by Egan, was traveling northbound on E. Lake Shore Drive and a 2004 Kawasaki motorcycle was traveling southbound on East Lake Shore Drive. Egan failed to yield the right-of-way and made a left turn in front of the motorcycle. The motorcycle struck the side of Toyota, and both the driver and passenger were ejected from the motorcycle. Both were transported to an area hospital with serious injuries.
ISP agents obtained search warrants to collect evidence, to include a blood draw which was processed through the ISP Division of Forensic Services. ISP agents presented the evidence to the Sangamon County State’s Attorney’s Office and Egan was charged with one count of Aggravated Driving Under the Influence Causing Great Bodily Harm.
An arrest warrant was issued and on September 9, 2024, at approximately 12:45 pm, Egan was taken into custody by ISP and the U.S. Marshals and transported to the Sangamon County Jail. This investigation is ongoing and no further information is available.
The charge is not evidence against the defendant, and the defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.
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